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Mjckey Michaux, democratic candidate for U.S. Congress in the second district, is greeted by his host and
other honored guests at a Masonic Banquet, June 18 at Raleigh's Royal Villa Hotel From left to right are
Captain Robert B. Gorham, Chief Rabban, William B. Cheek, Illustrious Potentate, Mickey Michaux,
democratic candidate, James R. Barnes, Imperial Deputy of the Oasis, William T. Pratt, Imperial 2nd
Ceremony Master. v "' '
Duke Scientist Develops Device To j
Preventing Operating Mishaps !
Reseachers al Duke :
University Medical
Center say that trials of a
new monitoring device
have been so successful
the instrument may,
"dramatically reduce"
the number of people
who die or are left
severely brain damaged
following operating
room mishaps..
The instrument, in use
at the hospital since
April I, as a monitor on ,
surgical patients under j
general anesthesia, is
"capable of indicating !
within two or three i
seconds , whether the I
amount of oxygen i
available to the patient's
brain is sufficient," said
Dr. Michael Mithick, a :
physiology research i
associate.
Mitnick and Dr. ,
Elisabeth Fox, and
associate professor of ,
warning signals to the'
anesthesiologist, Mitnick
said, because they are in
direct indicators.
. "Three minutes is ap
proximately the max
imum time the brain can
go without oxygen andi
not be permanently:
damaged," Mitnick said.!
"Lack of oxygen supply;
to the brain can leave a!
patient in a vegetative
state."
Dr. Fox said the
NIROS-SCOPE is "an
invaludble tool" for the
anesthesiologist.
'it gives us, for the
first time, a continuous,
non-invasive way" of
directly monitoring the
amount of oxygen
available to the nerve
cells in the brain for pro
per function and sur
vival," she said, i
The instrument,' in-
Supply Corp. Jobsis
'hopes to see the instru
ment commercially
available in 1983 and
widely used by hospitals
within the next few
years.
The NIROS-SCOPE
works by shining dif
ferent "colors" of near
infrared light (represen
ting different wave
lengths) through the skin
and skull into the brain
and measuring how,
much of that light comes
back but. Near, infrared
light is just beyond the
darkest red color we. car
see. .:. . ,
"I discovered that in
frared light can penetrate;
skin and bone tissue
much more easily than!
thought before," said
Jobsis. "I also
discovered ' that brain
tissue changes its absorp-
Jobsis, has been
patented and licensed to
the American Hospital
anesthesiology, said the a Duke professor of
instrument, called a" physiology, ;J Dr. Frans
NiRUs-scoPb (Near
Infra Red Oxygen Suffi
ciency Scope) is con
sidered a "revolutionary
development in
operating room
technology" because it
continuously monitors
the amount of oxygen
available to the brain.
"Most ' anesthetic in-!
juries (when patients die'
or are severely brain
damaged) : occur when
the supply of oxygen to
the brain is insufficient,!
for any reason! " Dr Fox '
said. "Anesthesiologists
usually rely on blood
pressure, heart rate, and
EKG readings (graphic'
record of the heart beats)
to monitor the patient's,
condition,"
But those body)
readings fall short
vented and developed by ,tion of this kind of light
depending on the
amount of oxygen
available to the nerve
cells." V
Jobsis said recent ad
vances in near infrared
light sources and detec
tors coupled with recent
advances in microelec
tronics and microcom
puters "set the stage for
development of a new in
strument for clinical
use." Various versions
of the NIROS-SCOPE
have been tested on
animdfs and human
volunteers. .
, The infrared light is
carried through hairlike
strands of glass fibers,
bound together in flexi
ble "bundles." A tube
containing these bundles'
of optical fibers directs
the beam of light into the
patient's head. The tubes
containing the bundles
are attached on the pa
tient's forehead with a
simple headgear.
"There is no risk at all
to the patients," said Dr. .
Fox, "You actually get
about the same amount
of infrared exposure as
you do when walking
. around on a sunny day in
North Carolina."
Number of One Parent
Families Rises Sharply
The number of one-'
parent families doubled
between 1970 and 1981,;
according to a report,
issued last week by the
Commerce Department's
Census Bureau.
About one, of five of
the nation's 31.6 million
families with children are'
now maintained by one
parent. One-paent.
families totaled 6.6
million in 1981, com-
pared'with 3.3 million in
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although they still com
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five families with
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. Approximately 90o
families are maintained
by mothers; fathers head
only 10. Nearly three
fourths of the men and,
women maintaining'
single parent families
were either separated or
divorced.
The percentage of one
parent .families with
children was much
higher among blacks
51 than whites,
17. Of all one-parent
families in 1981, 68'
were maintained by ,
whites.
The bureau notes that I
the report is based on a
1981 national survey.
Comparable data for
areas will soon be
available from the 1980
Census of Population
and Housing.
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Shriners Play
Host To ; ;
I Michaux
The ' Shriners and
Masons played host last
Friday to Mickey
Michaux," Democratic
candidate for U.S.Con
gress,' at their ; Annual
Regional ' Masonic Ban
quet in Raleigh's Royal
Villa.
Michaux, a Master
Mason himself,' was
guest of Captain Robert
Gorham, Chief Rabban
Ul MIC I IVIIUVI 3WII
Masonic order. The
dinner-dance was given
in honor of William
Cheek, who has the title
of Illustrious Potentate,
a position similar to
chapter president. .The, .
dance was also occasion '
for the chapter to present '
the Imperial Officer and
the Imperial Deputy of
North Carolina with
$1000 toward the
medical research founda
tion. The Imran Temple
, No. 168 is one of sixteen
Shriner's chapters in
North Carolina. The
first Masonic Chapter 1
was founded by Prince
Hall, a French African
who worked his way over
to the U.S. on shipboard
in the 1700's
. Hall, a Revolutionary
War hero at Bunker Hill,
was also a highly
respected businessman
and minister. Settling in
Boston, he founded the
first lodge there in the
U.S. in 1775,.
North Carolina's first
lodge was founded, in
New Bern in the late
1800's. Eighty per cent ,
of the Henderson'
chapter members are
from Granville, Vance
and Warren counties, all
part of "North Carolina's
new second district
.'where Michaux is runn
ing for the U.S. congres
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Government Printing
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r Zafa Temple Youth Get IBM Gift
i Pernell Canaday, left, looks on as Ross Farrington, right, presents $1,000
check from IBM to John T. Tucker, Illustrious Potentate of Zafa Temple 176;
Canaday is the director of the youth department of Zafa Temple. Farrington is
a staff engineer with the department of plans and control of IBM. He is also
on the youth committee of Zafa Temple and serves as drill instructor for the
parade and competitive drill teams. ,f . Pk...b,suMVnM
Students Participate In
Disarmament Project
Students ..and
graduates from Duke,
Davidson, and Cornell
are currently J par
ticipating in the North
Carolina Disarmament
Project, the summer pro
ject of the North
Carolina Public Interest
Research Group. The
project, which runs from
May 27 until July 22, in
volves research and com
munity organizing
around the issue of
nuclear disarmament.
There are six full time
project members and
several part-time
members. The six full
time people live together
in a house located at 825
Wilkerson Avenue in
Durham, situated close
to downtown, the West
End community, and
Duke's East Campus.
The majority of the
group is returning from
New York following its
participation in the June
12 Rally in support of
',the Second Special Ses
sion on Disarmament of
the United Nations. The
group marched together
in a street theatre presen
tation, orchestrated by
local artist Allan Trox-
ler, which brought to life
a passage from Jonathan:
SchelPs book, 77k? Fate
of the Earth. The group
hoped to bring to atten
tion the effects of
nuclear . war on the
natural world as well as
to human life.
On June 12, as a local
manifestation of the na
tional rally, the project
distributed information
on disarmament. . in
general and the group in
' particular and continued
to collect freeze petition
signatures at a table
; located at Well Spring
Grocery in Durham,; a
local business supporting
the group's efforts. Pro-
; fits from Well Spring
sales that day will be
! distributed to ; various
; groups in the area work-
in-
.ing on disarmament
eluding the NCDP. ,
Prior to the journey to
New York, NCDP
members participated in
the successful Durham
freeze , campaign. The
group circulated peti
tions in local
neighborhoods and con
tributed over 1,000 of
the campaigns 10,000
signatures presented to
the Durham City Coun
cil on June 7. Durharr
became the first city ir
the state to pass a free
resolution by a vote o
9-4 that night.
The group has conr
menced long term pre
jects which may take th
following forms:
educational outreac
among local groups ir,
eluding civic groups an.
church groups
' a critique of the civi
defense plan in Durham
, a study of the effects oi
, the increase in defenst
spending on human
needs, spending in th
Triangle area.
has increased by 19.0'
.million to a total of 82.4
million. Of these, 22.1
million were nonfamily
households", an increase
of 10.1 million.1;
The average popula- :
tion per household drop- "
ped from 3.14 persons in .
1970 to 2.73 persons in
1981.
Only 60 of all
households in 1981 were
maintained by married
couples, compared to
71 in 1970. "
About one out of
every five households
had a householder age 65
or older in 1981; 46 of
them were nonfamily
households, and 97 of
this group lived alone.1 v
As in all sample
surveys, the data in this
report are subject ' to
sampling variability and
errors of response. A
detailed explanation ap
pears in the report.
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Household and Family
Characteristics: March
1981, Series P-20 No. i
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